Argentum launches education effort to focus on senior living workforce crisis
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 01, 2022
Retooling existing federal and state job training programs to include senior living in the menu of options is the focus of Argentum’s latest educational campaign to address the industry’s workforce...
OSHA can issue COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline: courts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 30, 2022
The federal government can issue a permanent COVID-19 healthcare standard on its own timeline after an appellate court ruled against a group of unions hoping to expedite the process.
Money Follows the Person program limits hinder senior living’s ability to serve older adults, groups...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 23, 2022
Industry associations representing senior living providers say they support the federal government’s Monday announcement of the expansion of Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person demonstration program...
Market activity shakes up Argentum’s top 150 largest senior living provider list
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 11, 2022
Senior living is making a comeback, according to Argentum’s 2022 list of the largest senior living providers in the country.
Geriatric workforce funding in Senate bill ‘far too low,’ provider group says
By
Alicia Lasek
Aug 05, 2022
To reverse its ongoing staffing crisis, the long-term care sector is going to need heftier financial support than the Senate is proposing for 2023, industry advocate LeadingAge said Thursday.
Occupancy and profitability recovery a mixed bag for senior living: panel
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 04, 2022
Senior living occupancy and profitability recovery have shown mixed results since the pandemic hit, said a panel of experts during an Argentum webinar Wednesday.
Bill proposes study of effects of price gouging on providers during pandemic
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 02, 2022
A proposed bill calling for a study of how healthcare providers have been affected by price gouging by temporary staffing agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives...
Provider groups decry ‘chronic underfunding’ as CMS introduces HCBS quality measures
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Lois A. Bowers
Jul 22, 2022
The federal government’s introduction Thursday of quality measures for the home- and community-based services offered by assisted living and other providers comes in the midst of “longstanding, chronic...
Federal toolkit offers guidance on long-term care transitions to HCBS, including assisted living
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 12, 2022
New resources released last week by the federal government are geared toward helping states understand and implement existing policies affecting home- and community-based services, including those offered...
Senior living workforce, affordable housing priorities included in House appropriations proposal
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2022
Workforce development, dementia care and affordable senior housing are among the funding priorities affecting senior living included in the proposed House appropriations bill.